CNG 85, Lot: 939. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 210. Laureate head right / Victory, holding trophy, advancing right, head left, leading child by the hand. RIC IV 237; Calicó 2517. Near VF, banker’s mark (floral design) on reverse, a few scrapes and porosity.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.

See the aureus of Caracalla, lot 949, for the same banker’s mark.